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in 1856. Cornelia Martin was one of the founders and leaders of the Auburn Female Bible
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there. The effort by the Auburn society was joined by other groups and led to the creation of the New Mexico, Arizona and
Colorado Missionary Association, later known as the Ladies Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Boards of Domestic and Foreign Missions. The Society also supported The State
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Williams Martin lived at Willowbrook from 1850 to her death in 1899, managing the social and household affairs. During that time Willowbrook hosted a wide variety of notable political, military, and artistic figures.
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and recommended him for the position. After years of lobbying by Martin, Williams was given the new professorship at Yale in 1877, making Yale the first
American university to teach Chinese.
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Our County and Its People: A Descriptive and
Biographical Record of Madison County, New York, ed. John E. Smith, Boston History Company, Boston, 1899, Chapter XIV
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Cornelia Williams, the daughter of John Williams (1791–1853) and his wife Elizabeth (Leonard) Williams (1792–1850). John Williams had a store in
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but now known simply as "The Home"). In 1866 a letter from her daughter Eveline, whose husband was stationed in
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of her brother "Throop"; he ran unsuccessfully for State Attorney General a year before his untimely death.
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George Bliss Martin (1852–1928) was a businessman and newspaperman.
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sang there in the early 1850s. Visitors included presidents
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American philanthropist, social activist and writer
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501:The Life and Letters of Samuel Wells Williams
369:(1856–1939) was a journalist and writer; at
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413:"Sketch of the Life of Governor Throop" in
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366:Edward Sanford Martin
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288:Cornelia Eliza Martin
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332:Emily Norwood Martin
302:Harriet Byron Martin
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165:governor of New York
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381:Violet Blair Martin
150:missionary in China
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489:La Epistola
336:Emory Upton
292:Myles Keogh
224:Willowbrook
169:Owasco Lake
163:, a former
96:Emory Upton
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356:West Point
245:, General
231:Jenny Lind
211:Literature
194:New Mexico
154:sinologist
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190:Santa Fe
118:New York
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